Xiao Xin was clearly explaining the funeral arrangements, so Xiao Dapeng couldn't help but rush over to him, crying: "Grandpa..."
"Don't cry! Cough..." Xiao Xin's voice suddenly became louder, causing a violent cough, "Go and kowtow to your brother Ziqiu three times, cough..."
Xiao Xin mentioned Liu Ziqiu's name twice, and the surrounding villagers were not surprised, because Gao Xiuer had already told the truth just outside. Of course, Liu Ziqiu concealed the most important part. If he told others that he came from time-travel,
It would be strange not to be regarded as a monster. He didn't even dare to say this to Gao Xiu'er.
Xiao Dapeng had already turned around and kowtowed to Liu Ziqiu "dong dong dong". Liu Ziqiu hurriedly went to stop him, but heard Xiao Xin say: "Eldest brother... is like... father..."
When everyone looked again, Xiao Xin had closed his eyes forever...
Xiao Dapeng suddenly jumped up from the ground and said loudly: "Copycat, follow me to the salt field! Go and seek revenge from the Yang family!"
The villagers were furious and responded one after another. Suddenly, Liu Ziqiu roared: "Everyone, stop here, no one is allowed to go!"
Xiao Dapeng's eyes were already red, and he said sternly: "My grandfather's body is still cold. If you don't take revenge, you will..."
"Shut up! Have you forgotten your grandfather's explanation?" Liu Ziqiu's tone softened slightly and said, "You are not taking revenge, you are going to die."
Only then did everyone remember the cruelty of the Yang family, and they all lowered their heads. Only Xiao Dapeng clenched his fists: "Is this revenge not going to be avenged?"
"I will take care of the matter of revenge myself." Liu Ziqiu directly ordered, "Uncle Li, please help Dapeng take care of my second uncle's funeral. Others will go to bed early after finishing their work. Those who are supposed to work on the salt field tomorrow will continue to work as usual.
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When he came back this time, Liu Ziqiu originally planned to say goodbye to the villagers after clarifying the questions in his heart, so he would no longer bear the identity of a big cow. But since Xiao Xin entrusted Xiao Dapeng and Changshan Village to him, he
Must take responsibility.
Shuanzi suddenly remembered: "Why didn't the people from the salt field come to rush us today?"
According to the situation of the past two days, the people from the salt field should have arrived an hour ago, but now there is no sign of them.
Xiao Dapeng gritted his teeth and said, "Humph! Even if they don't come, as long as they come, they must kowtow in front of my grandfather's soul to apologize!"
Liu Ziqiu shook his head and said, "They won't come."
The villagers asked in surprise: "Why?"
Liu Ziqiu sneered: "There are not many toads with three legs. Isn't it difficult to find people with two legs?"
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but become nervous.
As the scale of the salt farm expands, the number of salt workers is also increasing. It has already grown from 80 people at the beginning to 300 now. The extra people are recruited from other places. And the salt workers are engaged in
It's just simple manual labor, and with a little training, it only takes a day or two to get started. The people from the salt field haven't come yet, and they are probably recruiting people from other places.
After the villagers moved here, it was no longer convenient for them to go fishing. Their income depended entirely on the dividends from the saltworks. If they did not work in the saltworks and no longer received dividends from the saltworks, their lives would be unsustainable.
If he couldn't calm down, he wanted to go to the salt field. Liu Ziqiu scolded: "Why panic! Let's take care of my second uncle's affairs first. It's not too late to go tomorrow!"
I don’t know what happened, but after the villagers knew that he was not a real big deal, they suddenly became awed by him. Even the third aunt became restrained when speaking. Liu Ziqiu was not used to these changes. He had already heard from Xiao Xin
As I said, these villagers were originally slaves of the Xiao family, and perhaps the servility in their bones will still be difficult to eradicate for a while. But there is also an advantage in this. They will implement everything Liu Ziqiu says to the letter, except for Xiao Dapeng who is slightly dissatisfied.
No one dared to express any objection.
In the past, when someone died in Changshan Village, they would roll it up with a reed mat and bury it behind the village. This was how Daniu’s parents, Xiao Xin’s son and daughter-in-law did it. Although Xiao Xin was the patriarch, the Xiao family had declined.
Naturally, it couldn't be very beautiful. However, Liu Ziqiu still paid for Er Zhuang to take two people to the county to buy a coffin. He also chose a high ground behind the village. Several people worked until dark to finally bury Xiao Xin.
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When he returned home, he saw Gao Xiu'er staring blankly at a pile of medical manuscripts in front of her with tears on her face. Liu Ziqiu couldn't help but wonder: "Xiu'er, what's going on?"
These days, people have long been indifferent to life and death. Although Xiao Xin has always been kind to Gao Xiuer and Vanilla, he is not so sad.
Gao Xiuer sighed: "I finally understand why grandpa asked me to bring a copy back. If I had read the medical books a few days earlier, maybe I could have diagnosed Qin Shubao's mother and cured my second uncle."
Liu Ziqiu sat down next to her and whispered: "Xiu'er, if I let you study for a month, how do you think your medical skills are compared to Lao Sun?"
"Old Sun?"
"That's the grandpa you recognize. This is called kindness."
"No need to ask, it's definitely not comparable."
"What about letting you study for a year?"
"Grandpa has been immersed in medical skills for decades, how can Xiu'er catch up with him?"
"If it were Lao Sun who first went to treat Qin Shubao's mother and then came to treat his second uncle, do you think it would be too late?"
Gao Xiuer thought about it seriously, shook his head and said: "Grandpa is not a god, how can he catch up in time?"
Liu Ziqiu smiled and said: "Since even Lao Sun can't do it, why should you blame yourself?"
Gao Xiuer put away the medical book and said quietly: "I'm just a little sad."
"Medical skills are not easy to learn. Even if you memorize all these medical books, it will be difficult to treat people. Lao Sun entrusted us with the medical books because these medical books are too precious and must be kept as a backup to avoid accidental loss. However,
I'm not asking you to learn it." Liu Ziqiu knew that Chinese medicine is profound and profound, and studying medicine is a hard job. He didn't want Gao Xiuer to work too hard, so he changed the topic and asked, "Xiuer, how much money do we have?"
Although the money was ill-gotten gains collected by Xu Tingfu and Liu Ziqiu took it under the guise, it could only be done behind the scenes, and it was not easy to take a detailed inventory at Li Jing's home. More importantly, there was gold in these belongings.
There were silver jewelry, jade and rare items, and everything else, but Liu Ziqiu didn't know the prices. So even now, he didn't know how much he was worth.
Remembering that on the ship, Liu Ziqiu gave Uncle Qin a hundred taels of silver as a gift, Gao Xiuer became alert: "Why do you ask this?"
Liu Ziqiu knew that she was always careful with her budget, so she couldn't help but smile and said: "Before my second uncle left, he talked to me about something, and he wanted to help the children in the village study and go to school."
Gao Xiuer lived in the village for more than half a year. At that time, she dressed up in an extremely ugly way. Instead of laughing at her, the villagers sympathized with her. Since it was something good for the village, Gao Xiuer stopped asking any more questions and said
: "I did the math today, and apart from what was used, there are still more than three thousand taels left."
"So many!" Liu Ziqiu was surprised and couldn't help but cursed, "Xu Tingfu, this damn eunuch, really knows how to make money!"
When Gao Jiong was not in trouble, he was wealthy. Gao Xiuer had been well-fed and well-fed since she was a child, and she didn't pay much attention to more than three thousand taels of silver. But since she experienced this accident, she has a new understanding of money.
He raised his head and glanced at Liu Ziqiu, and said: "To set up a school in the village, it is enough to hire a teacher. I will pay you 150 taels to practice twelve bundles every month, and you can also invite the teacher to go to the wine shop twice."
Liu Ziqiu nodded and said, "Well, it's as you wish. Tomorrow you give the money to Third Aunt. Third Aunt is familiar with the county, so she can handle it."
In fact, Liu Ziqiu understood that the plan of the Xie family and those prominent families in the south of the Yangtze River was not just to teach their children to read and read, but also to let their children take the exams to obtain academic honors. This was not as simple as hiring a Mongolian teacher.
The joints need to be opened, which costs a lot of money. Although Xie, Wang and other prominent families in the south of the Yangtze River no longer enjoy the treatment of the gentry class, they still have a big business and can still afford this little money, but the Xiao family no longer has the power.
However, Liu Ziqiu had no intention to participate in this plan from beginning to end. This plan is not irreversible, but the waiting time is too long, and it is difficult to achieve results without more than ten years of effort. If the Sui Dynasty can last for two hundred years, this is indeed a good idea
, it is a pity that Liu Ziqiu's ability to "foresee the unknown" knew that the Sui Dynasty would not last ten years. If he had such a large amount of wealth, he might as well use it to build a strong army and compete for the world. Even so, children should still go to school.
Otherwise, I will have to work hard all my life.
Before dawn the next day, Liu Ziqiu arrived at the entrance of the village early. The villagers who were going to work on the salt field got up extra early than usual. Yesterday, the salt field did not come to urge everyone to start work, and many people began to feel uneasy. Xiao Dapeng was also red.
Standing in the crowd with eyes closed, I guess I didn't sleep all night yesterday.
Liu Ziqiu looked at everyone and suddenly said: "Dapeng, you don't want to go today."
Xiao Dapeng said angrily: "Why?"
Liu Ziqiu sighed and said, "My second uncle just left yesterday. Today you can accompany me to offer two sticks of incense to his old man."
Xiao Dapeng couldn't refuse, so he shook his sleeves angrily and walked aside.
Liu Ziqiu then said to the rest of the people: "If you go to work on the salt field today, you will inevitably be made things difficult for and ridiculed by others. I have only one request. No matter what they say or do, you must stay calm. You are not allowed to contradict, make noise, and don't do anything.
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Shuanzi suddenly asked: "If the salt farm recruits other people and we are not required to work, what will we do?"
Er Zhuang and others also started whispering to each other, obviously worried about this matter.
Liu Ziqiu waved his hand and said: "If the salt field doesn't let you in, just come back and I will take care of it."
Although Shuanzi and others were a little confused, they still followed the instructions and left the village. Liu Ziqiu patted Xiao Dapeng on the shoulder and said, "Let's go and see your grandpa!"